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Roy Williams, Tashard Choice and Super Bowl XII

 

Sorry for the slow posting lately, but other projects and life intervened. Brandon should be back in action early this week and Tuna Helper may jump back in the fray soon.

Anyway, here’s some stuff for today.

Randy Galloway ponders on the Roy Williams situation. We’ll see what happens there, but Bigrigga31’s poll about Roy Williams is a classic. Out of 534 votes on the question of - Have you ever said aloud, "Roy Williams is my favorite player"? – 266 said yes and 268 said no. That’s as close as it gets. Good poll.

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DC.com has an article on Tashard Choice, although it’s pretty much the same article that we’ve seen over the past couple of weeks. Like this one.

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Want to relive some history? Check this Sports Illustrated article from January 23rd, 1978. Right after the Cowboys whooped the Broncos in Super Bowl XII. It’s a long, detailed article and may help you pass away the offseason blues.

As Super Bowls go, the one played indoors last Sunday in New Orleans was way up there for mosts—it had the most fumbles, the most hitting, the most noise, the most penalties, the most tricky plays, and no doubt the most Xs and Os stamped on a coach's forehead, as Dallas' Tom Landry nailed Denver's Red Miller to a blackboard and left him there. And when last seen, the Cowboys' two biggest heroes, Randy White and Harvey Martin, were still lecturing the State of Colorado on the mysteries of the flex defense. As a final gesture of victory, another Cowboy star, Linebacker Tom Henderson, went prancing down the field as the last seconds flashed off and jumped up and stuffed a football over the crossbar. Maybe he thought it was Craig Morton's right arm.

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Someone needs to help me out with this article. It’s from a West Virginia paper and tries to differentiate Chris Henry from Pacman Jones. The thesis seems to be that Pacman is cocky and arrogant so if his career is over, good riddance. But Henry is just a confused kid who should be forgiven or it would be sad. Yet the article fails miserably to make the differentiation. Or maybe I’m just not seeing the author’s point.

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From earlier this week, another article on Felix Jones vs. Rashard Mendenhall.  My own effort, here.

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Bill Parcells and Ricky Williams, best buds?

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Is it too early to be thinking about our first opponent? If not, then note that Ryan Tucker, a Browns lineman, fractured his hip and will miss two months but is expected to be ready for the opener against Dallas.  

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I think I can help on Pac vs Henry, Grizz

Henry is dumber than Pacman, so he shouldn’t be judged as harshly. Like the beasts of the field or the mentally challenged, he isn’t capable of understanding what’s going on around him.

A worse piece of journalism and sports analysis I cannot recall. In many ways, Henry is the more dangerous and pathetic of the two because he has yet to really understand why bad things keep happening to him.

Never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig loves it.

by dunkman on May 18, 2008 3:56 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

But Pacman is OUR moron... so give him some luv

Terry, if there is anyone on this site that seems apt to circle the wagons on anything Cowboys, it seems you’d be topping the list… but really, it’s a rainy Sunday and I’m recovering from a good night out and I just like razzing someone, anyone.

Tar Heels football will surprise this year

by DalaiLuke on May 18, 2008 4:06 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

he isn't until he's reinstated

and right now that is certainly not a given by any means.

In Romo we Trust

by Terry on May 18, 2008 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bill Parcells and Ricky Williams, best buds?

Nicely done Grizz.

T-New, shutting down WR's for Dallas since 2003

by APerfectStar on May 18, 2008 6:07 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Wait...

...they have newspapers in West Virginia? I thought it would just be all picture books.

I guess it was the beatings made me wise. But I'm not about to give thanks, or apologize.

by TheJeezus on May 19, 2008 8:30 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

It's for the dentists

Wait. They don’t have those either…

Never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig loves it.

by dunkman on May 19, 2008 6:14 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

SB XII

This was the first superbowl that I really remember watching. I started as a Cowboys fan in 76 and very vaguely remember their loss the the Steelers in X, but for XII, when I was 9, my mom and I went over to the house of some friends of her who were hardcore Broncos fans (this was in Cortez, Colorado after all). They had the place all decorated in orange and blue, and I stuck my Cowboys helmet right in the middle of the coffee table and then teased and taunted them as the Broncos got their butts whipped. This was my first triumphant moment and indelible memory as a Cowboys fan. I was also a Golden Richards fan (probably because I had long blonde hair so I identified with him) and I was stoked to see him get the TD.

by scottmaui on May 19, 2008 3:05 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Ah, Golden Richards

boy those were the good ole days when the Cowboys had the best WR corp ever assembled.

Drew Pearson, Tony Hill, Butch Johnson and Golden Richards, all 4 were absolute money, not to mention Billy Joe Dupree at TE. One hell of a receiving corp for sure.

In Romo we Trust

by Terry on May 19, 2008 4:06 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

yup

watching those guys was what made me want to be a receiver (plus I’ve got the build and hands for it!). I went to a high school that didn’t even have a football team, and never got higher than intramural college flag football, but my WR dreams were started by this corps.

by scottmaui on May 19, 2008 4:22 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

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